Listening Ear (Merseyside)

Analysis

Listening Ear (Merseyside) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Liverpool. It was registered in December 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05999650). It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Listening Ear (Merseyside) reported income of £2.7m and spending of £3.0m, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £2.7m (+173%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Listening Ear (Merseyside) sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Child Bereavement UK (£2.7m), Quaggy Development Trust (£2.7m) and High Peak Hospicecare (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98%. Charitable activities took 86% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £415k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 97 people.